Involvement of maxi-KCa channel activation in atrial natriuretic peptide-induced vasorelaxation

Nitric oxide and cGMP cause vasorelaxation by activation of a charybdotoxin-sensitive K channel by cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

Stephen L. Archer, Jiehuan Huang, Václav Hampl et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 820 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology +16

Purification and characterization of a unique, potent, peptidyl probe for the high conductance calcium-activated potassium channel from venom of the scorpion Buthus tamulus.

Antonio Gálvez, Guillermo Giménez‐Gallego, J. P. Reuben et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1990 · 704 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Pharmacology +17

Atrial natriuretic factor elicits an endothelium-independent relaxation and activates particulate guanylate cyclase in vascular smooth muscle.

Raymond J. Winquist, Elizabeth P. Faison, Scott A. Waldman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1984 · 496 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology +12

Molecular constituents of maxi K_Ca channels in human coronary smooth muscle: predominant <i>α</i>+<i>β</i> subunit complexes

Yoshio Tanaka, Pratap Meera, Min Song et al. · The Journal of Physiology · 1997 · 240 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Physiology +17

Maxi K+ channels are stimulated by cyclic guanosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase in canine coronary artery smooth muscle cells

Junichi Taniguchi, Ken Furukawa, Munekazu Shigekawa · Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology · 1993 · 188 citations

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Physiology +14